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Plural of burglary

regular plural

The plural of burglary is burglaries.

Forms of burglary

Singularburglary /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/
Pluralburglaries
Countablecountable and uncountable

Burglaries in a sentence

  • The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.From the entry tristate
  • Police believe that upward of 30 local burglaries may have been carried out by the suspects.From the entry upward of
  • South American gangs have also been blamed for a spate of burglaries in wealthy London suburbs.2024 March 17, David Millward, “‘Burglary tourists’ from South America target upmarket LA homes”, in The Telegraph, archived from the…. From the entry burglary tourism
  • And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments.2004, “An American”, in Arlington′s Blood, iUniverse, page 82. From the entry shoplifting
  • Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.1994, William J. Caunitz, Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza. From the entry previous

Meaning of burglary

  1. noun The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
  2. noun Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
  3. noun Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter.

Full definition of burglary

Questions about the plural of burglary

What is the plural of burglary?
The plural of burglary is burglaries.
Is burglary countable?
Burglary is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burglary (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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